Placing CAP under command of 1st Air Force

[SarDragon]

I agree with you, Bill.

I do not like this proposal, I was only speculating on how it would work.

As far as the cadets are concerned, it wouldn't work at all.

And without our cadets, CAP's future officer corps won't exist.  Just check your own units and see how many of your officers started out as cadets.

I'm guessing about 60-70 percent.

That varies from unit to unit. In senior squadrons, you will probably have a lower percentage. I think we have about 15% former cadets in my unit. Cadet and composite squadrons are probably higher. I would debate 60-70%, though. Seems high.

[thefischNX01]

My unit, a composite squadron, has zero percent former cadets in it's senior pool.  Maybe that's over the top, but I too agree that 60-70% is a high estimation. 

[JohnKachenmeister]

It WAS a guess, and I did zero research before making that wild speculation.  So I can't go to the wall with it.  But I strongly suspect at least half of our officers have a cadet background.  In some cases you may have to ask them about it.  We have a few who had like a 30 year break between cadet and CAP officer.  Those 30 years are sometimes called their "Lives," and it is rumored that people not in CAP actually have such things.

[Skyray]

Around here, it seems like former cadets suddenly have an epiphany when they have kids of their own turning eleven or twelve.  Like Kach, my data is anecdotal, but I can point to eight or ten just in my small universe.  Must have been some really outstanding leadership around here say twenty or thirty years ago.

[Dragoon]

This is why I like the NG option.

The National Guard is like a microcosm of the military.  They do operations and training.  And they operate on a local, CONUS level, often coordinating with state governments and agencies.  But when needed, they do federal stuff.

Just like us.

[JohnKachenmeister]

That's why I think CAP is a better fit there.

Both CAP and the NG have a "Dual" mission.  The NG is authorized under title 32 to perform missions as the state's military force, and under title 10 as a federal force.

CAP is authorized under title 36 to serve as a state OR local air arm, but also serves as a federal asset under tiotle 10.